Krebs on Ransomware

The Krebses—Chris and Brian—are not related, but they have both come out with positions on ransomware. Chris was the former head of DHS’s CISA (Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency), and Brian is a journalist and much-admired author (by m… Continue reading Krebs on Ransomware

Solar Winds Blow Hard

Unbelievable! But true. The enormous hack, purportedly by Russia (per Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and others), of major U.S. government agencies and the U.S.’s biggest corporations—apparently some 18,000 organizations according to the software maker… Continue reading Solar Winds Blow Hard

The Massive Shift to Cyber Crime

There is a cartoon in The New Yorker of March 30, 2020 showing four mobsters, one with a gun, sitting around a table. The caption reads: “For health and safety reasons, we’ll be transitioning to cyber crime.” You can see the cartoon at https://www.newy… Continue reading The Massive Shift to Cyber Crime

The FS-ISAC at Twenty

The FS-ISAC (Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center) was launched in October 1999 by Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers. It was the first such entity. Many subsequent ISACs have used the FS-ISAC as their model. The idea for ISACs w… Continue reading The FS-ISAC at Twenty

“All for One and One for All”

… So chanted the Three Musketeers. One of my main issues with cybersecurity risk management is that organizations seek to secure their own systems, data and networks, hoping that attackers will move on and attack more vulnerable victims. I have h… Continue reading “All for One and One for All”